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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ?atent No. 305,575, dated Eeptember 23, 138W.

Application filed April 24. 1884. lXo modeLl To all whom it may concern/.-

. Be it known that I, JAMES H. CULVER, of

the city and county of San Francisco, and State ofCalifornia, have invented an Improvement in WaterMotors; and I hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description' thereof.

My invention relates to an improved wheel or motor; and it consists in a novel construction of a wheel and buckets which can be stamped froma singlesheet or plate, a means for mounting it within a case, to prevent leakage around through the plane of the axis. Fig. 3is a perspec-tive view of the wheel, showing the water supply arms.

A is the disk of my wheel, with the buckets B, which are first formed by cutting slits into the circumference of the metal wheel-blank. These slits arepreferabl'y made in lines tangentialto a circle of smaller diameter within the disk. The blank is then placed in a die, and by a blow or pressure the buckets are bent so as to project at right angles from one side of the disk, and are at the same time curved or made concave toward the point from which the stream of water is to strike them, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3;, The disk A is strengthened by striking up or forpiingaprojecting ring, 3, and the central portion is a so struck up, so as to form a depression, D, into which the plate D fits. A hollow sleeve, E, projects from this plate outwardly through the back of the disk A,and a platc,F,is screwed upon it closely against that portion of the disk, so that it is clamped firmly between l-heplates 1) and F, and is thus stiti'ened additionally.

G is a hollow hub closed at one end, and having a stem or spindle, H, projecting from its center, so as to pass through the sleeve E, with a nut, I, upon its outer end to keep the wheel in place. The pposite open end of the hub (r isprovided with interior screw-threads, J. to fit a faucet or hose-pipe, to which it may be desired to attach the wheel. From opposite sides. of the hub G hollow arms K extend, andv 1 their ends approach closely to the inside edges of the buckets B, and are bent or are otherwise i'ormedso that the dischargeopenings stand in position to deliver the water against the buckets in the most effective manner.

Variousnozzles may be screwed upon the arms K, and holes are made in the ends of these pipes, through which the water is de livered against the buckets. The size of these openings will be determined by the pressure of the water in the pipe; but in small wheels for domestic purposes these holes will be very minute, and the wheel driven by the momenturn of the watenwill attain a high velocity. In ordermove the case at any time for the purpose-of inspecting or repairing the wheel. This case is perforated at one side to allow the sleeve E to pass through. The edges or the opening may be turned over inwardly, so as to form a sort of channel or flange, which will carry ofi' any drippings which-might'run down the 1mside of the case when it stands with the shaft horizontal.

. ly means of ,the long sleeve or box E pros jecting' from the wheel, and the spindle or shaft ii, on which it turns, the wheel is al ,owed to run freely, no packing being necesary where the shaft emerges from the case. Power maybe communicated from a pulley, M, upon the sleeve 1*) The opposite side of the case is perforated to allow the hub G or thewaterpipe to enter, and as this is stationary, it may have a washer, N, and a screw-collar, O, to

press it against the side of the case, which, in

turn, rests against the enlargement of the hub G, and thus makes a tight joint. The case may have an opening, 1, atom side o t' the rim, ifthe wheel runs in a horizontal position,

or at the lower edge, if it runs in a vertical position, for the escape of the water.

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v This wheel may 13 'used as a fixture, either horizontally or vertieally, or it maybe ten 'porarily laid upon the edgeof a sink or bathtub, or hung up a 'ainst awall, or arranged 5 in any suitable or desired position with a pipe or temporary hose connection while in use,

all of vwhich may be "detached and removed when not in use. v Having thus described my invention, what qw, and desireio secure by Let ters Patenty 1. Awheel consisting of-the'disk A, with the bueketsB, formed byangular slits in the edge of'the disk ,-'and afterward bent-at right I 5 angles to one side of'the disk, and curved or sleeve or box E projecting from one side, and

the flange or disk 1*, screwed upon the sleeve outside the disk A, so as to clamp it against the inner disk, D, substantially as herein described.

4. The wheel A, with buckets B, sleeve or box IE, plates D and F, and the stationary hollow hub G, with the stem or spindle H, to.

support the wheel, and water-supply pipes or nozzles K, arranged with relation to the buckets, substantially as herein described.

5. The wheel A, with buckets B, sleeve or box IE, plates D and F, the stationary hollow hub G, with spindle H, and water-supply pipes K, in. combinationwith the case L, fitted tight to the hub and flanged or curved to form as herein described.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES H. CULVER.

-Witness'es:

S. H. NOURSE, IE. (3. LEE.

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